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Thursday, October 04, 2018

Submit an Abstract to Speak at the IDUG Db2 Tech Conference 2019

Hey Db2 people, have you done something interesting with Db2? Have you worked on a cool application or figured out a nifty way of managing your databases? Do you want to share your experiences, know-how, and best practices with other Db2ers? Have you ever wanted to put together a presentation and deliver it to a bunch of like-minded Db2 folks?

You will have to put together your thoughts and an outline of what you want to present. Start with the category of your presentation. According to IDUG, some of the most popular are:

New Db2 releases: migrating and effective usage

Analytics & Business Intelligence

New Technologies: Mobile Applications, Cloud, xAAS …

Performance, Availability & Security

Application Development and Data Modelling

Db2 and Packaged Applications (ERP, ...)

User Experiences and Best-Practices: what did you achieve with Db2?

Db2 and non-standard data types (JSON etc..)

DevOps, Automation, Efficiency, Tuning stories

But feel free to submit an abstract on any relevant, technical topic. Oh, and you'll need to put together a short bio, too.

As somebody who has spoken at many IDUG conferences in North America, Europe and Australia, I can tell you that the experience is well worth it. Putting your thoughts together to build a presentation makes you reason things out and perhaps think about them in different ways. And speaking at an event is a great experience. Although you will be educating others as you speak, usually the speaker learns a lot, too.

If your abstract is selected, you get to attend the conference for free (the conference fee is waived, you or your company only have to pay the hotel and travel expenses). And that means you get all the benefits of attending IDUG including the ability to attend all five days of educational sessions, expert panels, and special interest groups. You also get free reign to visit all the vendors at the Expo hall, where there are usually a lot of goodies and snacks.

So go ahead, submit an abstract... or submit multiple abstracts, there is no limit to how many you can submit.